The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex(1939)
Elizabeth I's love for the Earl of Essex threatens to destroy her kingdom.
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.
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Queen Elizabeth
The Earl of Essex
Lady Penelope Gray
Francis Bacon
The Prince of Tyrone
Sir Walter Raleigh
Lord Burghley
Sir Robert Cecil
Sir Thomas Egerton
Mistress Margaret Radcliffe
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